"I've been teaching 3D for over 8 years and Felix is easily one of my top students. He is very detail orientated and produces excellent work. Felix goes beyond what's expected and takes pride in his work."

"Felix's work is top-notch. At a point when I was struggling to reinvent myself and get motivated, I saw some of the projects he did and they completely boosted me to try and get better. His work inspired me a lot."

"Felix Honda has an awesome imagination that supports his creativity. His art skill and ability to retain the flood of information of what he is taught in a short amount of time is uncanny. Also, he has a love for all things art and a dedication to always learning new and efficient styles. You would be wise to hire him. He is definitely an asset not to be passed up."

"Felix is possibly the most talented and driven person I've ever worked with. He's always willing to do what it takes to get a job done and all of his work is of amazing quality. It was an awesome opportunity to get to work with him."

I’m a college graduate with an Associates in Graphic Design and a Bachelors in Science in Media Arts (Emphasis in Animation) from Platt College (San Diego). I am anxious to get into the field of CG (either games or film) and find a career path that will help me learn and grow.

My primary interests have and always will be with technology and art so becoming an Animator or Modeler would be my dream job (to be honest, ANY job within the CG industry would be great). With that said, I strive to do my best in all the projects that I am involved with and I hope that shows in the work I produce.

Here is my third entry for ‘The ll Second Club.’ This entry was very fun because it had overlaps in dialogue and was taken from one of my favorite films, Star Trek (2009). As usual, the first thing I did was analyze the given clip to establish some sort of scene. Since this was from a film, I made sure to also review the original clip as reference. After listening…

I can’t believe that I am featured in an article from my college! Back in December (2013), I was asked by a fellow friend and classmate, Natasha Englehardt, to answer some questions about myself and my field of study (CG Animation). I was told that the information would be used in an article on the school website. But I didn’t expect a full page section. She posted a great article…

View all of my projects that I made at school or just for fun. All my pieces were created using various software packages and for the most part are focused within the CG, VFX, and Graphic Design fields.

I graduated Platt College (San Diego) with an Associates (Graphic Design) and a Bachelors (Emphasis in Animation). Platt offered a great learning environment with small class sizes that focused on specific subjects dedicated to the Media Art fields (Graphic Design, 3D Animation, Web Design, etc.).

Because of new techniques constantly being developed, there’s always something to learn in the CG and VFX industries. Now I might be finished with my 3D education at college. But one of the coolest perks Platt has for it’s animation students/alumni is giving free access to ‘Digital Tutors,’ the world largest online digital library for tutorials and lessons pertaining to anything in the CG or VFX industries! This means that even after graduating, students can still keep learning by utilizing this invaluable resource to stay up to date on the latest techniques. Awesome!

Now I both designed and coded this entire WordPress site using various techniques that I learned during my brief introduction to web at Platt. I also utilized a lot of internet tutorials and tips to make this WordPress site both functional and customizable through HTML, CSS, WordPress, PHP, and JavaScript. But a huge bulk of my knowledge when it comes to converting a static HTML site to a dynamic PHP based WordPress site is from WP-Ask’s free YouTube tutorials. Their ‘ABC’ course teaches you the process of coding a PHP site that is compatible with the WordPress interface in an informative and easy to follow way.

Here is my second animation entry into ‘The 11 Second Club!’ This month’s competition was very cool because there was no dialogue and only involved sounds. Also this was my first time posting my ‘work in progress’ (WIP) in the forums to get additional help and animation advice! I started off by first analyzing the given clip. Then I and came up with several possible scenarios to choose from. In…

Here is an animation that I made for the ’11 Second Club.’ Basically each month the club holds a competition where people can practice their skills by animating to a provided audio track. What’s really nice is that anyone can compete, from college students to the top animators from within the industry. Also since this is an animation competition, all forms are welcomed (2D, 3D, Stop-Motion, etc). I decided to…

Here is a video animation completely done using Motionbuilder. Several techniques were incorporated into this animation including animation subtracks (both overrides and additive), poses, auxiliary effectors, slow motion tweening, and simple ragdoll/rigid body dynamics. For storyboarding and resource gathering, I decided on a simple chase scene. I wanted to give it a bit of style so I went with a ‘Matrix’ theme and found a great model of Agent Smith…

Here is an animation using another rig from ‘Digital Tutors.’ This animation is part of a tutorial lesson where I learned to animate a simple wall climb. Afterwards, I added a building climb sequence to further practice what I learned. An in depth process on a more advance workflow was applied for the whole sequence. Basically I learned how ‘pose-to-pose’ and blocking is the most important part of animating and…

Here is an animation of a character doing a pole vault jump and is also my first animation that was done using another person’s rig (provided by Digital Tutors). I basically learned that most professional animators rarely use their own rigs when animating. So this was a great way to experience a similar scenario. Since the main focus for the project was the animation, the first thing was to familiarize…